[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 226 (Monday, November 24, 2003)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 65854]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-29149]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Parts 1, 91, 97, 121, 125, 129, and 135

[Docket No. FAA-2002-14002; Notice No. 02-20]
RIN 2120-AH77


Area Navigation (RNAV) and Miscellaneous Amendments; Aviation 
Rulemaking Committee Meeting

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration, DOT.

ACTION: Proposed rulemaking; notice of public meeting.

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SUMMARY: This document announces a public meeting of the Terminal Area 
Operations Aviation Rulemaking Committee (TAOARC) to discuss its 
recommended dispositions to public comments received in response to the 
proposed rule ``Area Navigation (RNAV) and Miscellaneous Amendments.''

DATES: The public meeting will be held on December 9, 2003, at 9 a.m. 
Registration will begin at 8:30 a.m.

ADDRESSES: The public meeting will be held at the Hyatt Regency Crystal 
City at Washington National Hotel, 2799 Jefferson Davis Highway, 
Arlington, Virginia 22202; telephone (703) 418-1234, facsimile (703) 
418-1289.
    An electronic copy of the proposed dispositions to the comments may 
be found at the FAA's web page at http://www.faa.gov/avr/arm/taoarc_index.cfm beginning November 24, 2003. You can also get a copy by 
calling the Federal Aviation Administration, Office of Rulemaking, at 
(202) 267-9680.
    If you are unable to attend the meeting and wish to submit written 
comments, you may send your comments to Dr. Kathy Abbott [email protected]">at[email protected] by December 5, 2003.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For information on meeting 
administration matters, contact Heather McLaughlin at (202) 385-4590.
    For technical or agenda item questions, contact Dr. Kathy Abbott, 
Regulation and Certification, Federal Aviation Administration, 800 
Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20591; telephone (202) 267-
7192, facsimile (503) 213-6495.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On December 17, 2002, the FAA published a 
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) concerning ``Area Navigation 
(RNAV) and Miscellaneous Amendments'' (67 FR 77326). The comment period 
closed on July 7, 2003. Some commenters requested that the FAA work 
with the Terminal Area Operations Aviation Rulemaking Committee 
(TAOARC) to respond to the questions and comments to the NPRM raised by 
industry. This committee was established under 49 U.S.C. 106(p)(5) to 
provide a forum for the FAA, other government entities, and affected 
members of the aviation community to discuss issues and to develop 
resolutions and processes to facilitate the evolution of safe and 
efficient terminal area operations. The FAA agreed with the commenters 
that it would be helpful to seek the advice of TAOARC and asked TAOARC 
to review the public comments on the RNAV NPRM and prepare a 
recommendation on how the FAA should address them. TAOARC's involvement 
was limited to reviewing the issues raised by the commenters and not to 
raise new issues.
    The purpose of this meeting is to share TAOARC's draft disposition 
of comments with the general public and to solicit public comment on 
the draft disposition before it is presented to the FAA as a formal 
recommendation.
    The agenda for the meeting includes:
    [sbull] Review of the RNAV NPRM history.
    [sbull] Review the comments received on the NPRM and the proposed 
dispositions to those comments.
    [sbull] Respond to questions and conduct open discussion of 
identified issues.
    Attendance is open to the interested public but may be limited to 
space available. To make arrangements to present oral statements at the 
meeting, contact Dr. Kathy Abbott (see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT) 
by December 5, 2003.
    Sign or oral interpretation or an assistive listening device will 
be available at the meeting if requested 10 calendar days before the 
meeting. If you need to make arrangements for these services, contact 
Heather McLaughlin (see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT).

    Issued in Washington, DC, on November 18, 2003.
Ida Klepper,
Acting Director, Office of Rulemaking.
[FR Doc. 03-29149 Filed 11-21-03; 8:45 am]
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